How Newsweek Has Gone Down the Far-Right Rabbit Hole

‘COLD CIVIL WAR’

The once-esteemed magazine has been reduced to a soapbox for the far right, a new study reveals, thanks to a MAGA activist running the opinions page.

Senior Media Reporter

Published Nov. 4 2022 12:02PM EDT

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A new study from the Southern Poverty Law Center reveals just how much Newsweek has fallen further and further down the fringe-right rabbit hole, thanks largely to the magazine turning over its opinion section to a stridently conservative activist.

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Justin Baragona

Senior Media Reporter

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How Newsweek Has Gone Down the Far-Right Rabbit Hole

The once-esteemed magazine has been reduced to a soapbox for the far right, a new study reveals, thanks to a MAGA activist running the opinions page.

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Justin Baragona